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IMAGES: Protesters, IDF clash on Nakba Day at Ofer prison

The army used tear gas and plastic-coated steel bullets against stone-throwing demonstrators, at least 200 required medical treatment. [UPDATE: Photo gallery from the Nakba Day demonstrations has been added at the bottom of this piece.] By Max Schindler RAMALLAH – Tuesday’s annual Nakba Day commemorations, marking the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948, focused largely on support…

By +972 Magazine May 15, 2012

Visualizing Occupation: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – the numbers

Israel arrests more than nine Palestinians per day on average. Currently, 320 Palestinians are held in prison by Israel without trial. Today, April 17, 2012, marks Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. By Michal Vexler >For the entire Visualizing Occupation series click here Sources: Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian peace B’Tselem Haaretz http://nolegalfrontiers.org Michal Vexler is a designer and an activist.…

By +972 Resources April 17, 2012

Omissions, half-truths, lies: Ambassador Oren in Foreign Policy

In a piece recently published, Israel’s Ambassador to Washington Michael Oren rejected claims regarding anti-democratic trends in his country, and compared the legal status of Palestinians in the West Bank to that of American citizens in Washington DC and the U.S. territories. A response. When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appointed Professor Michael Oren – a historian…

By Noam Sheizaf April 10, 2012

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Administrative arrests: Months or years without due process

At any given moment, hundreds of Palestinians are held by Israel without charges or trial. Of the Palestinians currently under administrative arrest, 88 have been held for more than a year. One has been held for more than five years. Some advocacy groups and Israeli officials have recently claimed that Khader Adnan, the 33-year-old Palestinian on…

By Noam Sheizaf February 21, 2012